Art of Play

Standards

Companies that donate funds or products to benefit important causes and people in need.

Company Description

Art of Play sells playing cards, puzzles, games, and whimsical gifts.

As a company, they’re dedicated to “preserving family game night and our planet.” Art of Play is passionate about protecting the great outdoors, and strives for sustainable manufacturing practices and materials — all of the cards they produce are made in the U.S. with paper from renewable forests, and are printed with environmentally friendly water-based ink. As a proud member of 1% For the Planet, they also donate a minimum of 1% of their annual revenue to One Tree Planted, a non-profit based in Shelburne, VT, that makes it easy to plant appropriately native tree species around the world. Working in partnership with One Tree Planted and other NGOs worldwide, they’ve collectively planted millions of trees.

Twin brothers Dan and Dave Buck founded Art of Play in 2013 after the playing cards they had designed found immediate success. They’d been interested in card tricks, magic, and illusion since children — Art of Play was a natural extension of their passions, and expanding into puzzles and games was a logical next step for the duo.